Reading strategies foundation unit

1. Cycle 1, Day 4 Reading strategies foundation unit

2. Reading goal: • As we read, we will summarize the action in a narrative poem. • Today’s Big Question: • Why do stories of heroic deeds make us feel good? • Team Cooperation Skill: • Explain your ideas and tell why

3. Jennie and Muskets • Do you predict Jennie will be hit by a musket ball? • What is a musket? • How long do you think it would take to reload a musket? • Since the redcoats firing on Jennie are pursuing her on horseback, how might that affect their marksmanship?

4. Check out your Reading Goal • T-P-S: • Would you tell your friend every event that occurred from the moment you arrived at the concert to the moment you left? Why or why not?

5. Listening • Active listening position. • “The Ride of Jennie M’Neil” stanza 7-8. • Listen to my “think aloud” list of events. • Now how do we make that a summary?

6. Partner read: stanzas 9-12 Team talk questions • List the important events from stanzas 9-12. Write a summary of the actions in your own words. (write) • Who is the owner of the horse Jennie rides? Why is the owner’s reaction to her theft surprising? • In the first stanza the poet refers to patriotic deeds. Do you think Jennie put herself at risk because of patriotism? Explain. • In the last stanza, what quality about Jennie does the poet want us to admire?

7. Big Question - # heads • How do you feel when you finished reading this poem? • Can you think of some contemporary songs or stories that deal with heroic or patriotic deeds? • Story Map it!

8. Story Map

9. Vocabulary

10. Vocabulary Review • Vocabulary Review • Valorous Phantom • Resolute Impetuous • Steed Heedless • Aghast dauntless • Homework: read 20 minutes EVERY NIGHT!